Email: jchester@marks-clerk.com

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Jason is a Chartered Trade Mark Attorney and Associate involved in almost every aspect of the registration, protection, enforcement and management of UK, EU and International Trade Marks. Jason acts for a broad spectrum of clients ranging from large-cap multi-national companies to domestic start-ups and individuals, advising on a wide variety of contentious and non-contentious trade mark matters and passing off.
 
Jason has particular expertise of working with Japanese clients and has been part of the Japanese territory group since joining the firm back in 2013. He visits Japan at least once a year.
 
Jason is part of the national Food & Drinks Leadership Team with a large number of his clients operating within the sector, most noticeably Scottish whisky and gin distilleries. Jason is also member of the AR/VR and creative industries sector groups.
 
Jason previously worked in the London office and moved to the Edinburgh office in 2018 to focus on the Scottish region. Jason works from the Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen offices to service his clients throughout Scotland.
 
Prior to joining Marks & Clerk, Jason graduated from the University of Kent with an honours degree in English and American Literature before undertaking the Graduate Diploma in Law at BPP Law School, Waterloo. In addition to the seven core law modules, he also studied Intellectual Property Law and Company Law to graduate with an honours degree in Law. Jason has also completed the PGCert in Trade Mark Law and Practice at Queen Mary, University of London and the PGCert in Trade Mark Practice at Nottingham Trent University.
 
Jason was a member of the ITMA Education Committee between August 2014 to August 2016, and is now part of the CITMA Formal Publications Working Group.